Talk:2010 FIFA World Cup final/GA1

GA Review
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Reviewer: The Rambling Man (talk · contribs) 13:59, 14 October 2021 (UTC)

Comments Just the refs to go. The Rambling Man (Keep wearing the mask...) 19:40, 14 October 2021 (UTC)
 * " at the Soccer City" the?
 * "900 million " non-breaking space.
 * "goalkeeper while" I would have a comma after goalkeeper here.
 * Just FYI, "penalty area" needs no piping or disambiguation.
 * Why is Webb referenced in the infobox, and nothing else is?
 * "being sent off" could link.
 * "win for Spain. .... Spain's win " bit repetitive.
 * "from the 2006 World Cup" not sure you need "the" inside the pipe.
 * "Jo'bulani is the" maybe "became the"?
 * "of the Jo'bulani ball used" why italics here?
 * "in 1978.[2]" overlinked.
 * "when single elimination" hyphenate?
 * "Spain were the reigning European champions, having won UEFA Euro 2008" how did the Netherlands get on there?
 * "the two major tournaments for European international teams." citation?
 * You link and hyphenate half-time in the route to the final but not in the lead. Check the other instances in the article for consistency.
 * "firing home" minor journalese flag.
 * "a Japanese clearance" this sounds like some kind of specific move....
 * "had already qualified for" not sure you need "already".
 * "with a penalty after" pick the association football-specific link here.
 * "beaten Italy in their final" overlinked.
 * "past the goalkeeper" could name him.
 * "by Sneijder.[20] Sneijder then" repetitive.
 * "faced five-times champions" maybe world champions?
 * "The Netherlands then ... The Netherlands then..." repetitive.
 * "was sent off for" link.
 * Diego Forlan is missing a diacritic.
 * "header shortly" link header.
 * "They were drawn in ..." then drawn (so as not to confuse with previous sentence).
 * "Switzerland.[31][17] Spain" ref order.
 * "Spain began their campaign" finals campaign.
 * You've linked goalkeeper, but not defender?
 * "picking up a loose ball " not literally.
 * "had fouled Torres" link foul.
 * "to tackle" link?
 * "group winners.[36][3]" ref order.
 * "pass, with Villa scoring into" -> pass who scored into...
 * "ball into the goal shortly half-time, but the goal" dual use of goal, did the goal fall over?
 * "Oscar Cardozo" is missing a diacritic.
 * "the 1974 final.[44" overlinked.
 * Why is fifth official Toru Sagara linked while the two assistant refs are not?
 * "around a watering hole" dab page.
 * isn't "wheel chair" normally one word?
 * "Royal Families" no caps needed.
 * "attending included Charlize Theron (actress),[" odd wording and no need for (actress).
 * same, no need for tennis player, basketball player, unless you want to introduce them in the sentence. I dislike the parenthetical bit.
 * " a free kick " link.
 * "then picked up the loose ball, " not literally...
 * "Stekelenberg prevented this" he intercepted? would be better than the "this".
 * "Kuyt picked up the ball" not literally...
 * "was able to deflect his" -> "deflected his".
 * "into the side netting. On" overlinked.
 * It's a glossary link. &mdash; Amakuru (talk) 12:31, 16 October 2021 (UTC)
 * "also receiving one" perhaps "also being shown the yellow card..."
 * "was claimed by" caught?
 * "and crossed the ball" overlinked.
 * "and on 58 minutes" and two minutes later (perhaps?)
 * "his shot and was also" the shot was offside? perhaps "missed his shot although he was deemed to ..."?
 * "deemed to be offside.[56] Spain" overlinked.
 * "and on 70 minutes" similar to above, maybe "and three minutes later"?
 * "had their best chance thus far" [according to whom?]
 * Actually I don't think anyone said it directly. I was reading between the lines of the Grauniad report. Chopped. &mdash; Amakuru (talk) 13:55, 16 October 2021 (UTC)
 * "following a one-two with" overlinked.
 * "was unmarked " link for "mark"?
 * "later, Fàbregas, who" first mention, Cesc and link.
 * "end of normal time" regular?
 * "FaFàbregas" marvellous typo.
 * "made a pair of " two.
 * "either side of" mildly confusing, did they make two subs, each side of half-time, or one sub before and one sub after?
 * I've just removed "two" altogether, which should make it more clear
 * "Spanish wall and" link to gloss.
 * "[47][63]" put those refs in a table caption.
 * Table should have row and col scopes too.
 * "They also became the" who?
 * "Spain's World Cup victory. Spain had" repetitive.
 * Link kit.
 * "guard of honor" is this article in Brit or US Eng?
 * "Spain captain Iker Casillas " link captain, and you've already linked Iker, so just unlinked surname.
 * "FIFA president" article for this.
 * I suppose, but is a link to it really necessary here? It's a fairly self-explanatory title and those who really need to know can always get to it through Blatter's article. I'll link to it if you insist, though. &mdash; Amakuru (talk) 12:31, 16 October 2021 (UTC)
 * "questiongin" typo.
 * "captain Giovanni van Bronckhorst and" overlinked.
 * "Order of Oranje-Nassau " Orange?
 * "Renowned German footballer Franz Beckenbauer criticised" I don't think you need "Renowned" but if you want context for him then perhaps mention his successes with Germany?
 * "was negative and positive criticism" mixed?
 * "FIFA estimated" overlinked.
 * Non-breaking spaces check again here.
 * What happened to the Netherlands in Euro 2012?

Refs, this version applies... That's all I have on refs. The Rambling Man (Keep wearing the mask...) 08:17, 15 October 2021 (UTC)
 * Ref 1, ref 6, ref 85: just publisher = FIFA will suffice, no need for the expanded version nor fifa.com.
 * Ref 4: Can link Bleacher Report (which Wikipedia doesn't italicise).
 * Ref 9: RSSSF italics or not?
 * Ref 10: don't link 11v11 but you could link AFS Enterprises to the Association of Football Statisticians?
 * Ref 14: BBC Sport? (like ref 19?)
 * Ref 22: +The for NYT.
 * Ref 30, ref 35, ref 39, ref 56, ref 59: spaced hyphen... run the script.
 * Ref 32: +The for DT.
 * Ref 36, ref 38, ref 60, ref 89: consistent italics or no for BBC Sport.
 * Ref 44, ref 46, ref 48, ref 50: the->The and link.
 * Ref 45: link Indy.
 * Ref 51: link Algemeen Dagblad. And it's a work.
 * Ref 52, ref 54: missing work/publication details.
 * Removed anyway. &mdash; Amakuru (talk) 16:34, 16 October 2021 (UTC)
 * Ref 53, ref 55: Link Marca (and it's a work).
 * Ref 62: previously was Sky Sports and no BSkyB.
 * Ref 66: this is a footnote, not a reference.
 * Ref 68: in BritEng, it's Encyclopædia Britannica.
 * Ref 70: Wikipedia italicises Guinness World Records.
 * Ref 72: no need for website title in reference title, and previously was just ESPN.
 * Ref 73: link JT.
 * Ref 74: link Grauniad.
 * Ref 75: what makes the blog RS?
 * Improved. And the figure was seemingly 700,000 across the whole canal system, rather than 200,000 which was in the museum square.
 * Ref 76: tagged as permadead.
 * Replaced. &mdash; Amakuru (talk) 16:34, 16 October 2021 (UTC)
 * Ref 77: was just ESPN earlier.
 * Ref 78: Link Goal.com as you did in one of the much earlier refs.
 * Ref 79: isn't that Deutsche Welle?
 * Ref 80: RS?
 * Removed. The other two cover it anyway. &mdash; Amakuru (talk) 16:34, 16 October 2021 (UTC)
 * Ref 81, ref 82, ref 86: link Bleacher Report (not in italics here).
 * Ref 83: is that Today?
 * Ref 84: Link Yahoo!.
 * I think I've dealt with all your points in the review, both the prose and refs. All the above actioned, with some of them commented upon above. &mdash; Amakuru (talk) 16:34, 16 October 2021 (UTC)